Cobham Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery (TS15 Anti Aircraft Battery) & Guard house -kent

 Heavy Anit-aircraft battery ( TS15 anit aircraft battery ) 

 Date:  March 

Location: Cobham   

Public or Abandoned: Abandoned 

Demolished: No 

( Gaurd House photos from first visit ) 

This was our 3rd attempt exploring it and this time we got to it, just to find out we have missed some bits so another revisit is needed( we went back to photos at bottom of this blog). Getting to it was easy/difficult at the same time as there were a lot of overgrown trees you have to go through, it was great fun and very simple to explore and very interesting as you don't get to see many of these ani aircraft batteries anymore. 

we only found 1 of the gun placements and did not see the magazine room so will update you once we go back to see them.

so it said that this Anit aircraft battery would of had four 4.5 guns, and between two of the placement there would of been a sunken magazine room, it said the battery was established in 1940 but was decommissioned  in 1945 

UPDATE: WE WENT BACK AND THERE ARE MORE GUN PLACEMENTS & MAGAZIN ROOMS 

Abandoned barnyards - Rainham - kent

Abandoned Barnyards/Houses 

Date:  March 

Location: Rainham 

Public or Abandoned: Abandoned 

Demolished: No 

    Tiktok

I kept meaning to do these for a long time being local to them, they are on a public footpath so anyone go up to them,and you will encounter dog walkers too, the first house you come across is very overgrown and sadly you can't get inside off it, the second one you come across you can access and look like some old workhouse  with a barn attached to it , for the photography side of things it really cool but is a bit spooky,

Sadly there is not much information on this place 

Sandwich WW1 Prison - Kent

 Sandwich WW1 Prison 

 Date:  March 

Location: Sandwich   

Public or Abandoned: Public  

Demolished: No 

Tiktok 

I had this place pinned for a few years after seeing about it on youtube in 2016 but could not work out how to get there, then finally after seeing a few of my friends go there turns out it is really easy to go do ( it is on a public walking route), we thought we take a walk to the old ww1 prison/detection center once we got there, some people were already there flying there drones, i took a look around the old prison and just found it interesting how small it was 

the graffiti in the prison was interesting too.

It said that this was a detention creating the need for a relatively small detention centre with 10 cells, a central corridor and guard rooms. center, During the First World War, a secret "Q" port was built in the wider area,

Gravesend Blockhouse - Gravesend

 Gravesend blockhouse 

 Date:   Feb 2023 

Location: Gravesend  

Public or Abandoned: Public  

Demolished: No 

we pop over to Gravesend to play pokemon go  😂  and when we were over at Gravesend we walked past this blockhouse that caught  my interest, so I thought ill snap a few photos as it is not very big, the site was interesting to read 

So it said back in 1539 the Gravesend blockhouse was built as part of  artillery fortification, which was part of Henry VIII's device  plan, It was up and running by 1540, 

sadly by 1844 the block house was demolished , but between 1975-1976 it got uncovered by archeological excavations 

Horam - Cuckroo trail - East Sussex

Horam Train station 

 Date:   Feb 2023 

Location: East Sussex 

Public or Abandoned: Public  

Demolished: No 

 We took a little drive up to Horam park of the cuckoo trail as it was the main bit we wanted to see, and with the weather still being a bit chilly we didn't really want to walk much of the trail, but driving to the disuse station the views was amazing, once we got there we did not really see many people maybe 1/2 people that was passing by.

it said  that the line opened in 1880, but in 1965 the line closed to passengers and only freight trains used the line until 1968 when it closed down completely